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MANAGEMENT
Property values around clean fresh water are on the
increase and the owners are typically more educated and sensitive
to the water quality issues. The majority of these properties are
managed by commercial landscaping companies, receptive to environmentally
safe products. They will use environmentally friendly products when
possible, if they are consistent in quality, easy to use, produce
the desired results and are stable in price . Volatility in oil
prices has driven up the cost of most fertilizers and soil amendments
to such an extent that lawn care professionals, nurseries, turf
managers and crop farmers are seeking ways to reduce the use of
these products. MBST offers the user more environmentally friendly
products with less price volatility.
NURSERIES
Until the late 80's nurseries and landscapers would
purchase top soils and potting soils or develop their own blend
of peat moss, pine bark and rice hulls. During this time research
was being conducted on the various technologies and applications
for compost. Universities like Michigan State, Purdue, Penn State
and Cornell spent hundreds of thousands of hours and millions of
dollars researching the science of composting and uses for the finished
products. Landscapers, nurseries and turf managers were urged to
replace peat moss, pine bark, rice hulls, vermiculite and numerous
other soil amendments with compost. There were some great successes.
Good compost was found to have the moisture holding capacity of
peat moss, disease resistance of pine bark and when mixed with biochar
is light and airy reducing the need for rice hulls or inert fillers.
The demand for high quality compost is on the rise, but the supply
is limited.
MBST
assures high quality, producing compost with feed stocks diverted
from agricultural and municipal programs, no waste . Developing
and using a static pile technology, MBST produces pasteurized compost.
Further implementation of the MBST program will reduce the economic
and environmental cost of disposal for agricultural manures and
yard waste while providing guaranteed high quality composts for
the nursery, landscape and turf management industries.
MBST
biostimulants improve soil quality by adding high numbers of microorganisms,
increasing water holding capacity and nutrient fixing capability.
These microbes can fix 60% of the atmospheric nitrogen into the
roots and root nodules, reducing the volume of nutrients and other
amendments needed to maintain lawns and gardens. When combined with
increasing the organic content of the soil by top dressing with
MBST treated compost, the use of chemicals can be all but eliminated.
HYDROPONICS
Increasing the root mass in soil less gardening will
provide for greater uptake of essential minerals and nutrients.
These nutrients can be metabolized in the liquid growth media prior
to hydrating the plants. The industry is currently one of the largest
users of biostimulants. MBST biostimulants offer an economical alternative
to the specialty biostimulants currently available for aquiculture.
BIOREMEDIATION
MBST HD Extracts have been used to break down hydrocarbons
in soils in eastern Michigan and positive results from bench testing
our ability to reduce leachable arsenic has lead to a pilot project
for the process. Results will be available in winter 2009. MBST
Biostimulants and biochar have also been used in remediation projects.
Petrochemicals, non-digested dairy fats and septage have been metabolized,
destroying chemical contaminants and disease causing pathogens. |
We
offer consultation and service for the following:
Industrial
waste stream evaluation
Industrial
Planning
Business
Planing
Pilot
projects:
- Kalamazoo
River - application of accelerated bioleeching
as a method of cleaning the dredging spoils from the Kalamazoo
lake and having them declared inert.
- Schools
- diverting landfill bound organic wastes from
the school system
Toxic
cleanup
Biological clean up of Contaminants
Bioremediation
Toxic remediation
We
can cleanup of a whole range of toxic chemicals and biological contaminants.
Let us bring our population of microorganisms to do the job.
Promote
sustainable management and maintenance practices:
- reduce
the use of chemicals for nutrient delivery
- reduce
the need for watering as much
- increase
disease resistance
- prevent
nuisances (Japanese beetles and mosquitoes)
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